I thought it would be interesting to use the same fabric but going in different directions on one side of the block and all different fabrics on the other side. The patterned fabrics are scraps from various years, the striped is a recycled shirt.
Showing posts with label blue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue. Show all posts
Tuesday, 6 June 2017
Friday, 4 November 2016
2017 Tea Towel
My tea towel arrived today, a fat quarter of linen cotton canvas ultra.
Spoonflower are offering 2 for 1 fat quarters at the minute.
Friday, 6 June 2014
Print and Embroidery [Tast 112]
A few weeks ago at Gill's we had a printing play day. I printed the above on fabric with a mixture of manutex and brusho powders and I used a dry leaf to make the marks.
I've layered sheer fabrics on some of it then stitched it. One of the stitches I used was feathered chain stitch [Take a stitch Tuesday 112] and the rest are running stitches.
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Blue Flowers
the original sketch
more layers of flowers
the same flowers in other colours
[Samsung Galaxy Note/Autodesk Sketchbook Pro]
Friday, 2 November 2012
The Blue Book - The final pages
The blue book....cont..
Page 25 [034]
Turquoise ribbed background fabric, spotted ribbons, spotted fabric, painted spotted fabric and paper, disc of textured artwork and stitching [both hand & machine], brads, plastic disc hand stitched in place, sequin with sand, card spot on button.
Page 26 [035]
Turquoise background fabric, layered paper artwork, freehand machine embroidery, beads and sequins, decorated star tag.
Page 27 [036]
Turquoise background fabric, layered paper artwork, screen printed paper, decorative machine embroidery, printed artwork/painted, earring.
Page 28 [037]
Turquoise ribbed background fabric, woven papers - 4 recycled envelopes & 2 artwork, printed tag, buttons, apple button, blue charms, decorative machine embroidery.
Back inside cover [038]
Layered recycled face wipes, painted and stamped. Shisha embroidered stud.
Thursday, 1 November 2012
The Blue Book - pages 20-24
Blue book - continued [click on images to enlarge]
Page 20 [028,029]
Plain background fabric, found image [advert on tracing paper] with artwork stitched underneath, woman made from paper, applique, skirt is a recycled painted/stamped wipe, earrings were part of some jewellery.
The earrings are hanging to the right in the top picture because the book is fat, so I did another photo from another angle. Guess i should have taken pictures of each page before joining together.
Page 21 [030]
Painted background fabric, foiled, metallic machine stitching, dyed flower held on with stitched layered fabrics, fancy button.
Page 22 [031]
Striped vintage background fabric, patchwork of vintage fabrics and painted/stamped papers, dyed lace, hand embroidery, machine stitching.
Page 23 [032]
Striped vintage background fabric, layered fabrics and painted papers, handmade art buttons, star sequins, star tag. Stars and stripes theme.
Page 24 [033]
Painted background fabric, foiled, metallic machine stitching, dyed lace and hand stitching, handmade art buttons, brooch, safety pins with beads.
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
The Blue Book - pages 13-19
More pages from the blue book - handmade mixed media art book with machine stitched fabric pages which includes collage, applique, embroidery, artwork, beads ....etc. Click on images to enlarge.
Page 13 [019] above
Striped vintage background fabric, paper artwork, paper and acetate artwork, a piece of found sheer bag, bead and sequin & stitched flowers, torn paper bird, machine stitching.
Page 14 [020]
Stamped blue background fabric, layered stamped fabrics, buttons and beads, art button and pebbles, star fish charm, electrical wire, earring under plastic, plastic mesh, hand embroidery, machine stitching.
Page 15 [021]
Stamped blue background fabric, layered vintage fabrics, digitally printed fabric with stitched outlines, apple button, ribbon, sheer bag containing 5 ATC's [removable].
Page 15 [021a]bag contents - 5 ATC's - 1 x original watercolour/pen art, 2 x original textured art/paint and decorative machine stitching, 2 x inkjet prints.
Page 16 [023]
Striped vintage background fabric, sheer paper, painted textured wallpaper with stitched squares of other wallpapers, dyed lace, beads and sequins, hand embroidery, bead necklace.
Page 17 [024]
Plain background fabric, painted artwork, foil image with deer was originally part of a bought picture, decorative machine stitching, bird charm.
Page 18 & 19 [027]
Plain background fabric, furry teddy bear applique with check bow and bead eyes.
Monday, 29 October 2012
The Blue Book - pages 7- 12
Page 7 [013]
Navy background fabric. Layers and machine stitching - screen printed paper, layered and machine embroidery, beads and dyed lace.
Page 8 [014]
Navy background fabric. Patchwork of vintage fabrics, hand embroidery, beading, ribbon, machine stitching.
Page 9 [015]
Blue painted background fabric - waves, machine embroidery, dyed lace with ribbon weaved through it, t-shirt transfer - sea themed, duck and shell charms, bead, and pebble beads.
Page 10 [016]
Blue painted background fabric - waves, t- shirt transfer, painted found papers, ribbon, gems, machine stitching.
Page 11 [017]
Blue painted background fabric - waves, layered, stitched and slashed fabrics, beads, metal charms.
Page 12 [018]
Blue painted background fabric - waves, picture card from Ikea, printed artwork/painted, plastic letters, found bird image, tag - punched painted/stamped papers, beads on a metal thread.
Click on the images to enlarge.
Sunday, 14 October 2012
SC, TAST 41, Dirty Dog
The sketchbook challenge - cabinet of curiosities. I've done a collection of river creatures, some of them look quite strange like I could have made them up, but I didn't, they are real creatures. Watercolours and pen.
Take a stitch Tuesday - the stitch is knotted loop stitch. It is on the left and I have done the stitch in different lengths and meandered around a bit. I stitched the beads on afterwards. This will be one of the pages for my WIP blue journal. Also on the page there are three painted and stamped papers, vintage fabric [background and the floral], dyed lace, ribbon and fern stitch.
Click on images to enlarge.
We also did this stitch in 2010, this is the old sample [think I prefer it to the new]
Spoonflower fabric design contest - Creepy Crawlies.
If you would like to vote for it or see the other entries click here
We took my son's dog out for a walk and she ended up like this - dirty dog. She just can't keep away from those muddy puddles.
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
TAST 40
Take a stitch Tuesday - Beaded Hedebo Edge
A small sample on aida fabric above and an even smaller sample on the vintage fabric patchwork below. It came out a bit neater on the aida as the holes keep the stitches even. It is a bonded patchwork rather than stitched and it is a bit scruffy in places with loose threads and patches slightly not big enough. The samples will be going in my new blue journal that I have started.
I thought there was something familiar about the stitch - I did a sample in 2010
Monday, 24 September 2012
Blue
Take a word - the challenge word this week is blue. I made my digital collage from pictures of my handmade rolling stamp samples.
I also altered this photo which was taken a few years ago in Spain. The original picture is below too.
click on the images to enlarge
Monday, 12 March 2012
Rainbow Collages
The challenge this week at Take a Word is green so I thought I would show my green collage.
I have done a series of collages using the colours of the rainbow- blue, green, red, orange, yellow, violet, indigo plus an extra pink one.
These are small collages, just 4"x4" and are made from art work, painted papers, found papers, printed art work etc
Blue
Red
Yellow
Violet
Orange
Indigo
Pink
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